Man accused of shooting into a passing...

SHOOTING SUSPECT. A

May 24, 1988|Compiled from staff reports

TAVARES — SHOOTING SUSPECT. A man accused of shooting into a passing car in Mount Dora in March turned himself in at the Lake County jail late Sunday to face an unrelated weapons charge. Robert Edward Muller Jr. later was released on $3,000 bail, according to jail records. Deputy sheriffs had sought him since Friday, when a circuit judge issued an arrest warrant charging Muller with aggravated assault with a firearm. The charge stems from an incident Jan. 30 in which a 17-year-old driver's car was blocked by a man who threatened the youth with a gun, police said. Muller, 40, of Eustis, had been out on bail awaiting trial in connection with the shooting March 19 of Cassandra Stewart, 20, of Apopka. Stewart was a passenger in a car on U.S. Highway 441 in Mount Dora when a gunman in a passing car fired a shot, hitting her in the neck. She was released May 5 from Florida Hospital Orlando.